Academic Vocabulary helps students understand the questions they are being asked on test in multiple subjects. Knowledge of root word meanings helps in decoding unfamiliar words.

New vocabulary words will be introduced each week. A Frayer Model for each word is due every Wednesday to check for completeness. Students should complete and study these words throughout the week in preparation of weekly vocabulary quiz.

Words followed by an *(asterick) are root words (part of a larger word), and should not be used alone.

Weekly Vocabulary 1/5/15Vocabulary Term Definition Example

Connections Relating what you read to something else you know

Connotative Language The association that a work brings to mind

Details Isolated facts that support ideas

*Hemi, demi, semi Half Semifinal, demigod, hemisphere

*Port Carry Rapport, deportment

Weekly Vocabulary 1/12/15Vocabulary Term Definition Example

Evidence Knowledge on which to base a belief

Figurative Language Figures of speech used to make meaning clearer

Illustrations Visual material used to clarify or add to a text

*Luc,lum Light Lucid, translucent, luminary

*Voc,vok Call Advocate, revoke, evocative

Weekly Vocabulary 1/20/15Vocabulary Term Definition Example

Interaction A mutual or reciprocal action

Metaphor An Indirect comparison

Mood The way the author makes the reader feel

*Omni All, Every Omnipotent, omnipresent, omnivore

*Proto First Prototype, protocol, protagonist

Weekly Vocabulary 1/26/15Vocabulary Term Definition Example

Point of View The vantage point from which a story is told

Rhetoric The art of writing or speaking effectively

Simile A direct comparison using like or as

*Doc, doct Teach Docile, doctrine, docrinaire

*Ex, e Out Excerpt, excommunicate, exit

Weekly Vocabulary 2/2/15Vocabulary Term Definition Example

Stanza A poetry term for a paragraph; a section of a poem

Structure Organization of a text

*bio Life Biology, biochemistry, biodegradable

*biblio, bibli Book Bibliographer, bibliomanis, biblical

*cred To believe, trust Credibility, incredible, credit, credential

Weekly Vocabulary2/9/15Vocabulary Term Definition Example

Theme A unified idea

Tone The author’s attitude or outlook

*dic, dict To say, to speak; to assert Diction, dictionary,dictate

*Logue, logo Idea, word, speech, reason Dialogue, monologue, epilogue, logical

Mono One Monologue, monogamist, monograph

Weekly Vocabulary 2/16/15Vocabulary Term Definition Example

*Peri Around Perimeter, periscope, perihpery

*Photo Light Photography, photoflash, photogenic

*Therm Heat Thermometer, thermonuclear

*tract To pull, draw Attract, retract, traction

*Ir, il,ig,im,in Not Inconsiderate, ignoble, illicit

Weekly Vocabulary 3/2/15Vocabulary Term Definition Example

*ad To; motion toward; addition to

Adhere, admit, adapt, addict

*fore Before Forecast, forethought, foreword

*dem People Democracy, epidemic, Democrat

*leg Law Legal, legislator, legitimate

*loc Place Local, localize, relocate, dislocate

Weekly Vocabulary 3/9/15Vocabulary Term Definition Example

*Fin End, limit Finish, finite, infinite, final

*Circ,circum Around Circumference, circle, curcular

*cede To go; to yield Intercede, supercede, concede

*cent One hundred Percent, bicentennial, centennial

*meter, metr Measure Diameter, metric, millimeter